21st Century America Project
For years the team at NDN/NPI has been a leader in helping policymakers better understand the changing demographics of the United States. We are excited to announce that we are bringing our demographic and public opinion research together under a single banner: The 21st Century America Project. The project will feature work by Morley Winograd and Mike Hais, NDN/NPI Fellows, authors of the critically acclaimed book Millenial Makeover; Alicia Menendez, our new Senior Advisor, who has extensive experience working in these emergent communities; and other NDN/NPI Fellows and collaborators.
Below, please find some of the highlights of our past work on 21st Century America:
2010 Highlights
A Continued Look at the Changing Coalitions of 21st Century America, Poll and Presentation, by Mike Hais and Morley Winograd
The American Electorate of the 21st Century, Poll and Presentation, by Mike Hais and Morley Winograd
Millennial Makeover, a blog by Mike Hais and Morley Winograd
Data Matters Columns, a blog by Mike Hais
2009 Highlights
The Anti Vitter-Bennett Amendment Campaign
The New Constituents: How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionment After the 2010 Census, by Andres Ramirez
NDN Backgrounder: Census 2010, Immigration Status and Reapportionment, by Andres Ramirez
Latino Vote in 2008, by Andres Ramirez
2008 Highlights
End of the Southern Strategy, by Simon Rosenberg
2007 Highlights
The 50 Year Strategy, by Simon Rosenberg and Peter Leyden in Mother Jones
Recent Work
America's electorate is changing as fast as the country's demographic and generational characteristics are, challenging old assumptions about how politics works in America.
This report presents the demographics of Democratic and Republican candidates for the 2010 Congressional and gubernatorial elections, focusing on five categories: Women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and members of the Millennial generation.
Democrats should welcome the opportunity that the 2010 midterm elections present to argue for the need to undertake a fundamental restructuring of the nation's economy. A majority coalition already exists for just such an economic and political program.
Despite the conventional wisdom that "angry" independents will determine the outcome of the 2010 elections, the fate of the Democratic Party in 2010 will be determined primarily by the votes of those who identify with it.
